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Happy Carsgiving! In the spirit of the holiday, today's #DavesCarIDService will focus exclusively on old family photo requests. Gramps and crew are standing in front of a 1947-49 Studebaker Champion, so if 1940s, it's postwar.
Great Gramps is wrenching on a 1938 Plymouth
Grandma and her unidentified beau are standing in front of a 1928-9 Ford Model A, possibly on their way to rob a bank
I'd say 1926-7 Willys Knight sedan, with 92.4% confidence level. And mom & dad's Dakota love nest is reminiscent of Gable & Lombard in "It Happened One Night"
1947-48 Chevy Fleetmaster, not enough info to ID the beer and cigarette
1958 Chevy Impala, and according to visible insignia, either a 348 or non-fuel injected 283
1931 Chevy, with its fairly unique disk (vs trumpet style) horn
Now this is a super tough one, and I welcome correction or confirmation: I am guessing a quite exotic 1920ish ReVere Duesenberg. BTW, "Francesca" was a quiet exotic name in an age of Helens and Mildreds and Gertrudes
Here's a 1920 ReVere Duesenberg, which had the somewhat unique combo of wire lug wheels, rear suicide doors & bullet headlight buckets. Not a 100% match but closest I can find. Made in Logansport, IN
These were powered by a Rochester-Duesenberg "walking beam" engine, as were a few other rare cars. If my ID is right, Aunt Francesca's car is probably worth $150k-$250k today
Anyhoo, back to an easier ID: Left is 1959 Pontiac Bonneville, right is 65 Chevy Impala foreground, 66 Impala background
1932 Ford Model 18 V8 (the greatest automobile ever made btw) Deluxe Tudor sedan
*1932 Fords jump straight to the front of the line for car ID priority
It is the first car to make a V8 motor & beautiful styling accessible to the average Joe, birthed the hot rod movement, inspired dozens of songs, and remains to this day the God Car of hot rodders everywhere
Incorrect take. Hopped up Ford flathead is sort of ideal, but hot rodders were putting alt-make OHV engines into 32 Fords going back to 1950. In fact a small block Chevy is more historically correct in a Ford hot rod than a small block Ford.
pic is a bit fuzzy, but I'm going with 1934 Buick
Hmmm. Closest I can say is 1918 Chevrolet touring due to front fender shape, but windshield seems a bit too vertical
I'm not a whiz at air cooled VW years, but headrests and fender turnlights suggest 1970-72. And what an awesome fashion look on Dad & gf
1928-29 Ford Tudor left; 1946-48 Ford Tudor right
L column: 1933 Ford, 1923-25 Ford T sedan, same 1933 Ford
R column: I think both are 1928 Willys Whippet
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